Susie Blue Buchanan Explained

Susie Blue Buchanan was Mississippi's first female lawyer.^{[1] [2]}

Buchanan, the eldest child of her family, was born on April 2, 1882, to William and Margaret Gunn Buchanan.^{[3] [4]} She attended Brandon High School before receiving her higher education at Mississippi Synodical College, East Mississippi College, Harris Business College and Millsaps College.^[5] She worked as an educator before becoming an autodidact of law. Buchanan started reading law while working as a secretary in her father's law office in Brandon, Mississippi. When her father died, Buchanan continued to receive her legal tutelage from her father's law partner. She became the first woman admitted to practice law in Mississippi in 1916 upon being sworn before the Mississippi Supreme Court.^{[6] [7]} In 1918, Buchanan became the first female registered with the Mississippi State Bar Association.^{[8] [9]} In 1924, she began serving as the Deputy Chancery Clerk of Rankin County, Mississippi. She died on April 11, 1938.^[10]

See also

• List of first women lawyers and judges in Mississippi

Notes and References

1. Book: The Journal of Mississippi History. 1944. Mississippi Department of Archives and History. en.
2. Book: Landon, Michael. The honor & dignity of the profession: a history of the Mississippi State Bar, 1906-1976. 1979. Published for the Mississippi Bar Foundation by the University Press of Mississippi. 9780878051014. en.
3. Book: Kelly, Douglas F.. The Scottish Blue family from Carolina to Texas. 1982. D.F. Kelly. en.
4. Book: Wilkerson, Lyn. Slow Travels-Mississippi. 2010-11-08. Lyn Wilkerson. 9781452332291. en.
5. News: Susie blue Buchanan. Clarion-Ledger. 12 April 1938 . 2 . en. 2019-08-24.
6. Web site: Capital Area Bar Association. caba.ms. 2019-08-24.
7. Web site: Seen and Heard Here and There About the City. April 14, 1938. Hattiesburg American. en. 2019-08-24.
8. Book: Association, Mississippi State Bar. Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting of the Mississippi State Bar Association. 1918. The Association. en.
9. Book: Landon, Michael. The University of Mississippi School of Law: A Sesquicentennial History. 2006. Univ. Press of Mississippi. 9781578069187. en.
10. Web site: Susie Blue Buchanan (1882-1938). Find a Grave.